Lord Berkeley: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they are committed to the long-term strategic support of the system of managed aggregate supply in England and the provision of evidence collected by the regional aggregates working parties and associated surveys, upon which it is based (Minerals Planning StrategyNo. 1).

Baroness Andrews: The Government's policy on the managed aggregates supply system is set out in the "Minerals Planning Policy Statement 1: Planning and Minerals" which was published in November 2006. We have no plans to change the system of managed aggregates supply in England; nor do we have plansto change the provision of evidence collected by the regional aggregates working parties or the associated surveys that underpin the system.

Baroness Andrews: The mayor's London Plan (February 2004) and early alterations to the London Plan (December 2006) set out the extent of planned growth for the London region to 2016 as follows:
	housing growth at the rate of 30,500 homes per annum to 2016; andemployment growth of 636,000 jobs from 2001-16.
	Major transport proposals, set out in the London Plan in table 3C.1, and a range of supporting social infrastructure are also to be expected to underpin the expected growth.
	For the south-east, current housing targets for the period up to 2016 are set out in the regional planning guidance for the south-east (RPG9, March 2001). The average annual rate of housing growth set out in the RPG9 equals to 28,050 net dwelling completions per annum.
	We have commissioned the British Geological Survey to research and report on the economic, social and environmental costs of moving away from the managed aggregate supply mechanism in England. Among other issues, this research will assess whether moving away from the system would constrain major development planned in London and the south-east, as well as in other English regions.

Lord Drayson: Owing to changes in organisation, financial information in respect of the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) for the period before 2003 is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate effort.
	The following are the budgetary allocations and outturn—that is, actual expenditure—related to RCDM for each financial year since 2003.
	
		
			  2003-04 £ million 2004-05 £ million 2005-06 £ million 2006-07 £ million 
			 Budget 15.434 17.541 20.502 5.7831 
			 Outturn 17.116 17.541 23.0402 22.199 
			 Notes: 
			 1From 2006-07 no separate manpower budget has been allocated to RCDM. 
			 2Includes £940,000 of costs that should have been charged to the budget in 2004-05. 
		
	
	The bulk of the expenditure shown above relates to the costs of RCDM personnel, but it also covers rent of facilities, nurse training and other courses at the Defence School of Healthcare Studies, and other support costs for staff and students at RCDM (such as primary healthcare, travel and subsistence and IT). The additional cost of medical stores supplied to the RCDM clinical division was as follows:
	
		
			 2003-04 £ million 2004-05 £ million 2005-06 £ million 2006-07 £ million 
			 0.027 0 012 0.023 0.024 
		
	
	The totals quoted for RCDM costs do not include the costs of the Defence Medical Services Training Centre, a unit under the command and control of RCDM, nor the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court, which has reported to RCDM since 1 February 2007.
	Information about the funding initially requested each year in respect of RCDM is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate effort. However, the development of RCDM as a centre of medical excellence has been a high priority sincethe centre was established; actual expenditure has increased significantly over the past four years.

Lord Triesman: The majority of cases of child abduction are those which involve abduction by a parent or guardian of the child. In 2003, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office established a dedicated Child Abduction Section and we are aware of 406 consular cases involving parental or guardian child abduction from January 2004 to December 2006. We did not keep these statistics prior to the establishment of the section.
	The Home Office and the Ministry of Justice, formerly the Department of Constitutional Affairs, may be aware of cases where consular assistance was not sought.

Lord Triesman: There were 406 cases of parental or guardian child abduction handled by our Child Abduction Section from January 2004 to December 2006. Of these cases, 149—37 per cent—were resolved satisfactorily. We did not keep these statistics prior to the establishment of the Child Abduction Sectionin 2003.
	These statistics cannot provide a full picture of the international child abduction from the UK, as many cases are not brought to the attention of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The figures are taken from our consular database, which is a working instrument used by us to handle casework rather than to record child abduction statistics.

Lord Eames: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What percentage of reported cases of children of United Kingdom parents missing abroadsince 2000 have involved United Kingdom policeforces in co-operative action with foreign police authorities.

Lord Triesman: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not hold this information centrally. The Home Office collects police recorded crime statistics on child abduction which includes offences wherea child is taken or sent out of the UK without appropriate consent; however, such offences cannot be separately identified from other offences of child abduction.

Lord Triesman: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides a wealth of information to British nationals about the risks of travelling overseas and how to minimise them. For example, we provide publications on frequently encountered difficulties, such as deaths overseas, detentions and missing persons. Our "Know Before You Go" campaign provides guidance to British nationals on how to better prepare themselves for travel overseas. Our online travel advice, available at www.fco.gov.uk/travel, provides frequently updated advice on particular issues and countries.
	While we do advise readers of particular threatsto their personal safety—for example, the risk of kidnapping for ransom in parts of South America—we have not identified a particular threat of child abduction for British children overseas. However, in our travel advice for some countries we do draw attention to the different legal systems relating to family law which would be applicable in parental and guardian child abduction.

Earl Attlee: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 21 May (WA 83) and4 June (WA 152—53 and WA 171—74), how many prison officers have been arrested and convicted of corruption or other offences in each of the past four years in connection with their duties as prison officers at HM Prison Ashwell; and
	Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 21 May (WA 83) and4 June (WA 152—53 and WA 171—74), how many prison officers have been arrested and convicted of corruption or other offences in each of the past four years in connection with their duties as prison officers at HM Prison North Sea Camp; and
	Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 21 May (WA 83) and4 June (WA 152—53 and WA 171—74), how many prison officers have been arrested and convicted of corruption or other offences in each of the past four years in connection with their duties as prison officers at HM Prison Whatton.

Lord Truscott: The cost of installing and generating electricity from wind energy is very site specific. Analysis carried out for the 2005 review of the renewables obligation—RO—showed that costs can vary from less than £50/MWh to £80/MWh depending on location. Further analysis of costs has been carried out in the context of proposals to amend the RO. This will be published alongside the energy White Paper later this month.
	At the end of 2000 there was 388MW of installed capacity in the UK. This rose to 1,963MW at the end of 2006 (source: BWEA) and is now over 2GW. In Germany there was 6,112MW of installed capacity at the end of 2000 rising to 20,621 MW at the end of 2006 (source: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety).

Baroness Andrews: The introduction of home information packs on 1 August will honour our 2001 manifesto pledge. Regulations relating to home information packs and the energy performance of buildings were laid before Parliament on 11 June 2007. These regulations will implement home information packs, including energy performance certificates, on a phased basis in England and Wales from 1 August 2007.
	The Home Information Pack (No. 2) Regulations 2007 include a number of transitional provisions that the Secretary of State outlined to Parliament on22 May 2007. These are intended to ensure that the implementation of home information packs will be achieved in a way that ensures the availability of sufficient assessors and inspectors.
	The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 make the changes necessary to bring the implementation of energy performance certificates into line with home information packs from 1 August 2007.
	As well as the explanatory memoranda and impact assessments that accompany the regulations, weare placing in the Library of the House further information about how the operational delivery of the phased roll-out will take place, building on the current progress in the certification of inspectors and accreditation of assessors.

Lord Truscott: The programme and agenda for the second meetingof the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to be held from 12 to 15 November are currently under discussion, with a consultation meeting taking place in Geneva from 23 to 25 May. An outline programme (www.intgovforum.org/Rio_Meeting/DraftProgramme.30.04.2007.rtf) and draft agenda (www.intgovforum.org/Draft_Rio_Schedual.html) have been published by the IGF secretariat.
	The IGF includes representatives from a wide variety of backgrounds, including parliamentarians, government, the private sector and civil society, and so the matters to be discussed will be wide ranging and agreed as result of this open consultation process.
	Nominet UK, the registry for dot.uk internet domain names, has been leading a process to raise awareness among, and participation by, UK stakeholders. Issues to be raised by UK representatives at the next IGF will be decided in the light of these discussions with UK stakeholders and the outcome of IGF secretariat consultation on the proposed programme and agenda, both of which are not yet competed.

Lord Rooker: In addition to the discussions atSt Andrews, about the inclusion of a proposal for Irish language legislation, the Government consulted the Irish Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, at official level, on the operation of Ireland's Official Languages Act 2003.
	This is now a matter for the devolved Administration.

Lord Laird: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they gave an undertaking at St Andrews in October 2006 that the Northern Ireland Assembly should consider a Bill on the Irish language; whether that undertaking is binding in international law; which political parties at St Andrews supported such an undertaking; and whether providing for only one language is consistent with the principleof parity of esteem in the Belfast agreement of10 April 1998.

Lord McKenzie of Luton: (a) We estimate that the additional cash cost (compared to the budget extension) of providing PPF level benefits to all those in the financial assistance scheme would be on average £19 million per yearover the next five years (from 2007-08 to 2011-12 inclusive). Over the next 10 years (from 2007-08 to 2016-17 inclusive), the average additional cash cost per year is estimated to be £25 million.
	(b) We estimate that it would cost an additional £640 million in net present value terms on top of the costs of the budget extension to provide PPF level benefits to all those in FAS.
	These estimates refer to the amount that would be required to replicate, as far as possible, the benefits the PPF provides within the administrative structures of FAS.
	Costs are rounded to the nearest £1 million and expressed in 2006-07 prices.

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: This information is not collected centrally. Prisons and prisoners are not currently identified as a specific setting or categoryof patient in either of the two national surveillance databases that collect data on the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections or HIV infection. Therefore, we cannot provide data on the current or previous prevalence of STIs or HIV infection among prisoners.

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: The Government's strategy is to encourage, but not require, the use of adult restorative justice whilst building the evidence base to establish the impact of its use, particularly in relation to reoffending. It has invested £5 million in the crime reduction programme restorative justice pilots and their independent evaluation. This research is expected to be completed and published this year and this will inform future strategy. It is for local criminal justice boards and other criminal justice agencies to consider how best to use their funding to meet their targets and local needs and a number of areas have established schemes to deliver adult restorative justice.
	Youth offending teams (YOTs) use restorative justice as part of their work to prevent offending and increase victim satisfaction. The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has currently set a key performance indicator that "victims participate in restorative processes in25 per cent of relevant disposals referred to the YOT, and 85 per cent of victims participating are satisfied". YOTs implement this work from their own resources which, during 2005-6, included YJB grant covering approximately 20 per cent of YOT resources.
	Under the Treasury "invest to save"—round six—programme, £1.5 million was allocated to pilots of family group conferences to enhance the overall effectiveness of youth inclusion support panels. The FGC pilot ceased on 31 March 2007 when the three-year funding came to an end.
	From April 2007 to 2010, Treasury ISB funding has been allocated to a restorative teen panels project in Preston, Lancashire and a "Restorative Justice in Residential Children's Homes" project in Leicestershire.
	The YJB publication Developing Restorative Justice: An action plan sets out how restorative justice will be broadened and extended in the youth justice system.

Lord Truscott: Whitehaven and the surrounding area of Copeland in Cumbria will lead on the UK's switchover to digital TV in October 2007. Switchover will then roll out TV region by TV region between the autumn 2008 and the end of 2012. Within a TV region, each main transmitter and the relay stations that carry its signal will generally switchover at the same time. Most TV regions contain more than one main transmitter and switchover for each of these might take place at different times. Further detail on the timings for each main transmitter will be announced as we get closer to the regional switchover date.
	
		
			 TV region Timing of switchover for the TV region Timing of switchover for main transmitters and associated relays within the TV region 
			 Whitehaven and Copeland 2007 17 October 2007 (Whitehaven, Cumbria) 
			 Border 2008-09 Oct-Dec 2008 (Selkirk) 
			   Apr-Jun 2009 (Caldbeck) 
			 West County 2009 Apr-Jun 2009 (Beacon Hill, Stockland Hill) 
			   Jul-Sep 2009 (Huntshaw Cross, Redruth, Caradon Hill) 
			 Granada 2009 Oct-Dec 2009 (Winter Hill) 
			 Wales 2009-10 Jul-Sep 2009 (Preseli, Carmel) 
			   Oct-Dec 2009 (Llandonna, Moel-Y-Parc) 
			   Jan-Mar 2010 (Blaenplwyf, Long Mountain, Wenvoe) 
			 STV North West 2010 To be determined 
			 STV Central 2010-11 To be determined 
			 Yorkshire, Central, Anglia 2011 To be determined 
			 Meridian, London, Tyne Tees, Ulster 2012 To be determined 
		
	
	There are no plans to switch off analogue radio services.

Transport: Infrastructure

Lord Bilimoria: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What assessment they have made of the level of investment required in transport infrastructure for the United Kingdom to maintain its current level of competitiveness.

Lord Truscott: The energy White Paper published in May 2007 set out estimates of the investment requirements in the electricity and gas sectors over the period to 2020.
	It concludes that, if we are to maintain levels of electricity generation capacity equivalent to those available today, around 20 to 25GW of new power stations will be needed by 2020.
	Current forecasts of gas demand also imply that we will need to increase our import capacity by 2020 by an extra 12bcm to 24bcm—equivalent to 15 per cent to 30 per cent of the 2006-07 import capacity.
	The White Paper can be found at:
	www.dti.gov.uk/energy/whitepaper/page39534.html

Lord Evans of Temple Guiting: Departments and public bodies varied in the level of Welsh language service which they were providing or planning to provide prior to the 1993 Act. Since they would have been accommodated within existing budgets, it is not possible to make an assessment of any additional costs flowing specifically from the requirements ofthe Act.

Lord Browne of Belmont: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What percentage of enquiries and correspondence to public sector bodies in Wales are received in Welsh.